Duplex can-heading machine.



B. ADRIANGE & A. GALLBSON.

DUPLEX CAN HBADING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIOH mum JULY 22, 1907.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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ATTORNEYS B. ADRIANGE dz A. GALLESON.

DUPLEX CAN HEADIHG MACHINE.

APPLICATION mum JULY 22,1901.

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B. ADRIANGE & A. UALLESON. DUPLEX BAN HEADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED JULY 22,1907.

947,271. Pater lted Jan 25, 1910.

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B. ADRIANGE & A. GALLESON. DUELEX can HEADING MACHINE. APPLIUAT'IOK FILED JULY 22,1907.

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WITNESSES: INVENTQRS,

ATTORNEYS B. ADRIANGE & A. CALLESON.

DUPLEX GAN HEADING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 22,1907.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS B. ADRIANGE A. GALLESON.

DUPLEX CAN HEADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1907.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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WITNFSSES:

B. ADRIANCE & A. CALLESON.

DUPLEX [JAN HEADING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 22, 1907.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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xmkww I FL" AITURNEYS B. ADRIANCE & A. GALLESON.

DUPLEX CAN HEADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1907.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910 8 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN ADRIANCE AND AMOS CALLESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SA If) CALLESON ASSIGNOR T0 SAID ADRIANCE.

DUPLEX CAN-READING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 191%.

Application filed July 22, 1907. Serial No. 384,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN Annmncn and AMOS CALLESON, citizens of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Duplex Can-Headinn Machine; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer-- ence being had to the accom anying drawings and to characters of re erence marked thereon, which form a tion.

This invention relates to machinery for aflixing heads to sheet metal vessels by means of solderless joints, and it. consists in certain improvements in machinery of this type having for their principal objects to increase the output without increasing the labor and attention necessary to control the'machine; to make possible operating on vessels filled with liquid 01' semi-liquid contents as well as solid contents; to improve the character of the product, i. 6., the completely headed vessel, as a salable article of manufacture, together with other objects, some of which will be hereinafter mentioned and all of which will be obvious to those familiar with this art upon a view to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a View of the machine in front elevation, showing certain parts in section; Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a top plan view, certain parts being removed; Fig. 4' horizontal sectional view taken just above the plane in which the vessels are fed to the head ailixing means,- Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the means for clenching the edges of the heads and cans together; Fig. (5 is a view in rear elevation of what is seen in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 illustrates a detail of one of the parts shown in Figs. 5 and 6; Fig. 8 is a view in side elevation of the platform forming part of the feed run-way for the cans and heads; Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the supporting standard of said run-way and the part of the Frame of the machine in which the standard is mounted; Fig. 10 is a top plan view of said platform; Fig. 11 is a sectional View on the line w-m in Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is part. of this specifics i a view of the rear end of said plat form; Fig. 13 is a view of the front end of said plat form, Fig. 14 shows a certain strap which rests on the front end of said platform, formiiig therewith a guide; F g. l?- is a pin 21 view of the slide which works in said guide; Fig. 1G is an end view of said slide; Fig. 17 is a front view and Fig. 18 a top plan view of a can support. which cooperates with the mechanism shown in Figs. 5 and (i; Fig. lb is a view partly in section and partly in clcvation of a part of a certain chain-actuating; mechanism; FignQO is a view in side Plt'Vution of certain parts shown in Fig. 19; Figs. 21 and 2 are top plan and side views oi" the chainyFiqlsl Q4 and 25 are, ros 'wctively, side,'top plan and rear end views oi another pa'rt of the mechanism shown in Figs. 5 antl lig Figs. 26 and 27 are. respcc tivoly, side and front views of the clenching device; Figs. 28 and 99 are. respectively, side and top plan views of c rtain cranks shown in Figs. 5 and 6; Figs. 30 and 31 are, respectively, side and top plan views of certain other cranks shown in Figs. 5 and 1: l igs. 32 and 3? are, ri pectivcl v. side and rear views of a part of [he means for Plovating the cans and heads into the plane of action of the seeming nurls; Fig. ill is a view partly in section and partly in oleva tion of the seaming means, certain parts he ing removed: Fig. 35 is a top plan view. partly in section, of certain parts shown in Fig. 34; Fig. 36 is a view of a detail of the mechanism shown in Figs. 3i and 35; and. Fig. 37 shows the main driving shaft.

in the adaptation heroin shown the inn-i tion comprises several mechanisms which. bv way of intrrnliu-iion. umy he briefly out lined as follows: The cans. which are of that type having a horizonlolly projecting top flange and Whose head enter them with a sort of wedge action and have similar flanges. are successively placed. with their heads resting on them. on :1 suitable conveyer by which the are conducted first to a cl nching mechanism whereby the h ads are ji'unmrii into the ions sutlii-ienlly so that the wedge action between each can and lnrnil forms 1. seal preventing unduelealiagc {if the contents are liqnidl operations on the can While in the moi such cl nching m ans am the flanges of the can and head at isolated points to insure holdingl ii li o down on the can for the time being; the cans l two are next conducted to a means which distributes them, as they successively approach, to the seaming means; and thereupon the seaming means are bI'OUght lIltO action to complete the closing, by seaming, each scaming means operating as fast as a can and head is brought to it, 2'. 6., alternately with respect to the other seaming means.

1n the drawings a is a frame having an upper platform 5 and a loweeplatform c,- d is a. front plate provided with a door 6 and f a casting in the form of a plate having alined bearings g for a horizontal shaft h extending parallel with the back of the machine and other bearings i, arranged at right. angles to the bearings a. for a shaft j which is the main drive shaft of the inachine and (Fig. 37) carries at its inner end a bevel-pinion [a and at its outer end (Figs. 2 and 3) a pulley Z.

The ca m of the rear hearing i (Fig. 5) in turn shaft a arranged parallel to the shaft h and the cap 0 of this hearing is formed with an integral arm ,7) in which is fulcrnmed a suitable lever q for controlling the member 9 of a clutch whereby the pulley Z, which is loose on shaft j, may be operatively connected with the shaft j to rotate the same.

The platform 6 carries three depending posts a and t, t, each of which is flanged as at a, r, at its lower end. The flanged post .v forms a bearing for a twin gear wheel in the upper member .a of which is of a different 5 diameter from the lower member 3 To this twin ear is attached a bevel gear 2 which mes ms with the. bevel pinion in on shaft 7'; shaft twin gear.

j is thus adapted to rotate the i outer end of the guard is turned downseaming units is substantially the same 1 throughout as that presented in said Letters Patent except that in the present instance the annulus 5 is made adjustable, rotativel'y with respect to gear 4, so as to change the relation between its cam-ways 6 and 7 and the pairs of levers 13 and 14 at will, which is accomplished by removing the key S, then turning the cam ring to the new position desired, and then resetting the key in engagement with the gear 4.

15 is a platform forming a part of the runway for thecans and provided with two parallel lon itudinal grooves 16 on its top surface and havin a narrowed bearing portion 17 at one end and a narrowed bearing portion 18 at the other end, a shaft 19 carrying sprocket wheels 20, separated by said bearing portion 17, being mounted in the former and a shaft 21 carrying sprocket wheels 22, separated by the bearing portion j 18, being mounted in said bearing portion orms a bearin for a horizontal 1 On each post if is journaled the sleeve portion 1 of a disk 2 carrying a gear 3 meshing with the member :0 of gear '16. On each sleeve 1 is revolubly arranged another aniiular gear 4 which meshes with the member y of gear w; on the disk 2 rests an annulus 5 having eripheral cam ways 6 and 7, and this annul iis is made to rotate with the ear 4 by means of a key 8 (Fig. 36) whic secured by a screw 9 to the top of the annulusand engages between any two teeth in the gear 4.

Through each post 15 extends vertically a threaded hollow stem 10 secured in the post i by a nut 11; on the lower end of the same is screwed a suitable chuck 12 moved on its under side. At diagrammatically opposite points in each disk 2 are arranged pairs of levers 13 and 14 which are constructed and cooperate with the roovcd chuck 12 and the cam-ways 6 and of the annulus 5 substantially as described in U. S. Letters Patent No. 81024-5, issued January 16, 1906, to which reference is made for a description in detail thereof. The construction of the 18. An endless chain comprising pairs of links 23, adjoining ones of which are connected by pins 24 projecting outwardly, runs over the sprocket wheels 20, 22, said sprocket wheels being formed with notches in their peripheries (Fig. 2) to receive the pins 524 of the chain. 'Jhc two iarts of the chain run in the grooves 16 of the platform 15. Each link of the chain has an upwardly projecting fin er at one end. A guard 26 is arranger along one side of the platform 15. Th cans, with the heads resting thercon, are iaid on the platform 15 in contact with the guard 26, a pair of fingers 25 of the chain being adapted, as the latter advances wardly beside the adjoining sprocket wheel to protect the workn'ians hand against being caught in the mechanism at this point while placing the cans on the platform.

The platform 15 formed with a leg or standard 27 which is received by a channeled guide 528 bolted against a flat vertical de pending portion 2!) of the lower platform a. In the lower end of the guide 28 is swiveled an adjusting screw 30 which is ta ped into the lower end of the standard 27. I y manipulating this hand screw the platform may be elevated to any desired height.

The platform 15 is formed with an opening 31 below which is adapted to move vertically the flat head 32 of a can support 33 which is arranged to move in a guide way 34 forming a part of the casting comprising the standard 27 of the platform 15. 35 is a chuck which is secured to the head 32 of the can support and is grooved at 36 to correspond to the grooves 16 of the platform 15, with a view to accommodating the chain.

connected one end of a pitman 38 whose other end is connected with a crank pin 39 on a cam 40 on one end of the shaft n. The

cam 40 and a pinion 41 on the other end of the shaft 11, which pinion meshes with a pin ion 42 on the shaft h, confines said shaft against endwise movement in its bearings. It. may be stated at. this point that the can support is reeiprocatcd vertically each time a can is presented over its chuck 35, which result is effected by an intermittent advance of the chain as hereinafter described; when it rises, the chuck stands in the path of the can which is to follow that already on the chuck, the chain being then received by the grooves 36. and when it falls the chuck is low enough so that its top surface is approximately level with the top surface of the platform 15, permitting the next can to he slid on to the chuck.

The cap In of the rear bearing 2' for shaft j forms a bearing for a short shaftetil on one cnd of which is secured a single crank 44 and on the other end of which is secured a double crank 45. The plate f is formed with an overhang projecting over the chuck 35, and to the under side of this ovcihan is at tachcd another chuck if) having a lflllZOlh tal tail piece 47. In lateral lugs 49 on the sides of the chuck 46 are pivoted blocks 49 carrying rotary peripherally grooved nurls 30. Each block is conncctcd with the crank 44 and the corresponding arm of the other crank by an adjustable pitmau f t; a spring 52. connecting the other arm of the crank 45 with the overhang, so normally acts (see Figs. 5 and (l) as to retract. the nurls and hold a roller 45 on crank 45 against the periphery of cam 40. 'lhc nurls thus normally stand horizontally. and whcn the blocks carrying them are moved down wardly on their pivots. they somcwliat approach each other, whereby they clcnch by turning over together. tlne body and hcad flanges of the can at opposite points thereof. Similarly to the chuck as. the chuck it; is grooved on its under side, as at .13. in this instance to permit the passage of the fingcrs 25 of thc chain. The under side of the chuck 46 may carry a die 54 of any form. preferably convex. which it is de ired to present against the top or head of the can In order to promote accuracy of opcration. it is desirable to keep the cans flat against the .top of the platform '15 as they succcssivcly approach a position bctwccn the chucks 35 and 46, and to this end springactuatcd prcssers 55 are arrai'igcd in aliucd grooves 50 formed in the undcr side of the chuck 46 and its tail piece 47; 57 indicates the springs which normally hold the pressers down to the limit of vertical slots .1? formed in them and rccciving pins All arranged in the chuck and tail piece and traversing the grooves 56.

The intermittent advancetof the chain i l l above described is effected as follow 5120a ing such that as the crank is oscillated on the shaft. the pawl will engage the notches of said wheel and thusimove the samc and the chain forward one can-length, moving l)l('l{ without turning wheel 20. The oscillation of the crank 60 is efl'ccted by a pitman 62 pivotally connected to a c ank pin oil on the other arm of the crank in and to a crank 64 on a face plate 65 on the shaft n. in order to prevent any possible clogging of the cans as they are advanced by the chain from damaging the cans, the conmc tion between crank 60 and the crank pin (54, atforded by the pitman' G2, made yielding by providing in the pitman a. slot tit; in which moves a block 7 which bears against the crank 64 and is cushioned by a spring 68 in the pitman.

in a vertical plane directly back of the center of each seaming unit are arranged vertically alined bearings 69 in which arc adapted to reciprocate vertically shafts T0. llctcrring to Figs. 32 and 33, T1 is an arm which is clamped to catch of those sha its by means of bolts T2. On the shaft I: to one side of each arm is arranged a cam T3 (Tl). ()n the bolts 72 are journaled rollers 75 and To respectively bearing against the pcriphcrics of the cams 73 and T4 in such manner that as the cans rotatc with the shaft the arm will be reci 'irocatcd vertically. carryiugm'ith it the shaft T0.

T7 is a post fired to the upper platform (I, pcnct rating the arm 71 and thus keeping the .-hai't from turning in its hearings.

in each arm T1 is arranged an ejecting stem TS which projects down through the stem It) in the manner shown in Fig. ll T9 is a spring interpoual between a. shoulder 80 on the stem 78 and the end of a socket St in arm Tl which sockct the stem penetratessaid pring normally pressing the stem down wardly as far as a stop pin 82. which bears against the top of the arm 71. will permit. R3 is a shoulder formed on the stem below the arm 71. If a can after the heading operntion. should adhere to the chuck of the scaming' mcchanism. the atom T? as it descends with the arm Tl will cll'cct the ejection of said can.

(in each shaft 70 relatively below each heading means is arranged another arm 84. the same having a split portion receiving the shaft. which is clamped thereto by bolts 85. 'lhc v i'lical position of this arm on the shaft may be adjusted. upon turning the bolls R5 and a set screw 86 mounted in a collar 57 secured on the shafts below the arm. SR i a lDtl llt)

lower chuck carried by each arm 84 and adapted to cooperate with the chuck 12 of the heading means to hold the can during the heading operation. For a purpose hereinafter indicated, the chuck 88 is transversely grooved. as at 89, on its top side.

The front end of the latform 15 is formed as a table SH) rabbeted a ong the front, and in this rabbct fits a guide 91 in the form of a plate having depending lugs at both ends. This guide 91 does not abut against the back of the rabbet, but is spaced therefrom {see Fig. i), so that a groove is formed which is alined with grooves of the chucks 88. In these grooves is adapted to move a slide 92 having a stud 93 WlllCll projects through the slot 94: formed under the aide. 92 designates three blocks arrange on the slide and spaced from each other a distance corresponding to the len th of each can. This idc is reci rocate from a lever 95 fuleruiued in a market 96 and carrying a roller 97 which engages in the groove of a cam 98 on the shaft It, through a pitman 99 connecting said lever with the stud 93.

As a further means for kee ing each shaft true in its bearings. the tab e 90 carries depending lugs 100 on which slide extensions 101 which are penetrated thereby and form parts of the arms 84.

The power is transmitted from shaft to shaft It. by means of a worm 102 on shaft and a worm wheel 103 on shaft it.

Operation: Power being taken into the machine through shaft 3', said shaft on the one hand rotates the rotary members of the seaming or heading means. I The parts of the seaming mechanisms are so adjusted relatively'to each other that as they are continuously driven from the gears 3 and 2 their seaming levers 13 and 14 will be alternately actuating, 1'. e, etfective for seaming. On the other hand, shaft j, in driving shaft h, firstl v. actuates the can and head advancing means, operating through shaft It. to shaft n, through the gearing i1! and 41, to rotate said shaft and thus vibrate. through pitinan (32, the crank 60, which iii-vibrating advances the chain 523 in a step by step movement as already described; secondly, the cans and heads placed on the platform 15 being suc cessively advanced by the fingers of the chain to a position over the chuck 35, said shaft, after each advancement of the chain, raises the slide 33 carrying the chuck operating through shaft h, gearing 41 and 42, shaft n, and pitman 38 in order to elfect this: thirdly.

s the chuck assumes its highest elevation. he can. with the head resting thereon. is brought against the chuck 46. whereupon shaft j operates through shaft it, i caring 41. and 42 to shaft n to rotate the utter and cause its cam 40 to rock shaft 43, in the manner already described, and thus, through pitman 51, cause the blocks 49 to move the clenching nurls 50 against the can and head edges at opposite points thereof, so that isolated ortions of said can and head edges are bent ownwardlyinto interlocking engagement with each other; fourthly, upon the slide 33 dropping down again until the chuck is level with the top of the platform 15, and the next advancement of the chain, a recedin; can which has already passed tirough the clenching operation and which is being advanced by those behind it, is slid on to the table 90 over the slide 92 and between the blocks 92 thereon. whereupon from shaft j, through shaft It. cam 98, lever 95 and pitman 9%). the slide is moved from one of its limits of movement to the other, placing the can just received by it over one of the chucks 88; and, lifthly. said chuck 88 is raised to press the can against the chuck 12 ready for the seaming operation. which elevatin r action is effected from shaft j. through sha t h by the ram H operating against the roller can ried by the arm 71.

The operations of the means for first clenching the can and head flanges together and then effecting the continuous or endless folding over of said flanges are so timed with respect to each other that when each can and head is )resented to thelatter means, the seaming tools thereof begin their operation at the clenched portions of the flanges: the seaming means therefore begins its oper ation at the most favorable points on the flanges of the can and head, with the result that the seam formed is uniform and regular in character and hermetic throughout.

'e do not claim broadly herein the mechanism for clenching together the can body and head flanges. that being reserved in an application filed by us of even date herewith, Serial No. 384C961.

Havingthus fully described our inven tion, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, with an advancing means for the arts to be operated spun. a means for hoh ing said parts alincd with the advancin means said holding means being recesse to accommodate the advano ing means. and means for causing the constituent members of said holding means to eoiipcrate in holding said parts. substan tially as described.

2. In combination. with a runway for the parts to be operated upon and an advancing means movable lengthwise of said runway. a holding means for said parts occupying the same vertical zone as the runway and being recessed to accommodate, the advancing means, and means for causing the C011- stituent members of the holding means to cooperate in holding said parts. substan tially as described.

3. In combination, with a suitable support and an advancing means for the parts to be operated upon, a yielding presser ex tending parallel with said advancing means and adapted to press said parts against the same during their advanccn'ient, substair tially as described.

4. ln crnnbination, with a runway for the parts to be operated upon and an advancing means, a suitable support and a yielding ]I)1'(3S:(?l' extending parallel with said runway and adapted to press said parts against the vsame during their advam-ement. substantially as described.

5. In combination. with an advancing means for the parts to be operated upon. a holding means for said parts comprising two men'ibers one of which is movable toward and from the other, one of said members extending parallel with said run way, and a yielding presser arranged in said member opposite to and parallel with the runway and cotiperating therewith to hold said parts together during their advancement, substantially as described.

6. In an advancing means for parts to be operated upon, the combination of an endless chain having projections to engage said parts, a chain supporting means comprising a sprocket wheel, a crank engageable with said wheel to move the same and advance the chain, a crank actuating means, and a yielding connection between said crank and the actuating means, substantially as described.

7. The combination. with the frame, separate devices for bending the edges of the cans and heads into interlocking engagement. with each other, and means for causing said devices to operate alternately, of separate means for holdingthe cans and heads each comprising two members, one of which is movable toward the other, and means for alternately moving the movable members toward their complementary holding members whereby to hold the cans and heads while being operated upon by the 001'- responding bending devices, substantially a described.

8. The combination, with the frame, separate devices for bending the edges ofthe cans and heads into interlocking engage.

'ment with each other, and means for causing said devices to operate alternately, of separate means for holding the cans and heads each comprising two members, a shaft journaled in said frame, and cams on said shaft adapted to effect the alternate actuation of the members of said holding means, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with the frame, of means for bending the edges of the cans and heads into interlocking engagement with each other comprising can holding members one of which is movable toward the other, an ejecting device located in opposed relation to said movable member, a vertically way,whereby to est movable part forming a common support. for said holding member and the ejectin device, and means for reciprocating said part, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with the frame, of means for bending the edges of the cans and heads into interlocking engagement with each other comprising can holding members one of which is movable toward the other and located relatively below the edge-bending plane, an ejecting device penetrating the bending means from above, a vertically movable part forming a common support for said movable holding member and the ejecting device, and means for reciprocating said part, substantially as described.

11. In a can heading machine, the combination, with means for holding the can and head. of rotary parts having a common axis, a cam rcvolubly arranged on one of said parts, means, carried by said part, for secur ing the cam in fixed relation thereto, a shaping tool carried by the other part and adapted to be actuated by said cam, and means for rotating said parts at different speeds, sub tantially described.

12. In a can-.eading machine, tlfe combination, with means for holding the can and head, of rotary parts having a common axis, and one of them having an annular series of teeth, a cam rotatably adjustable on the toothed part, a key carried by said cam and engaging the teeth of said toothed part, a shaping tool carried by the other part and adapted to be actuated by said cam, and means for rotating said parts at. different speeds, substantially as described.

13. In a can heading machine, the combination, with the frame, of a clenching device adapted to clench together a limited portion of the flange of each can and its head,means, also in said frame, for thereu on folding over said flanges endlessly, an moving the clenching device into clenching relation to the work and thereupon retracting the clenching device, said folding means being operative. after the clenching device has been retracted, substantially as described.

14. In a can-heading machine, the combination, with the frame, of means, in said frame for clenching together limited portions of the flanges of each can and its head, means, also in said frame for thereupon folding over said flanges endlessly. and

means for I means for effecting cotipcration between said first-and-second-named means whereby to cause the latter to begin its operation on the can and head flanges at the clenched portions thereof, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with a runway, of means for advancing the can bodies and head along said runway, means for performmg a clenching operation upon said bodies and heads while in progress along the runa lish a temporary union between them, separate means; located ad- In testimony, thatv We claim the foregoing, jacent the discharge end of said runway We have hereunto set our hands this 2nd day 1') and one on each slde thereof, for permaof July, 1907. nently unitin the bodies and heads, and BENJAMIN ADRIANCE 5 means for defivering the bodies and heads AMOS CALLESON.

from the runway to said permanent unit- Witnesses: 'mg means, alternately, substantially as de- JOHN W. STEWARD,

scribed. JAMES VAN VVICKLEN. 

